A Woman’s Place [pamphlet]

Athol, New York: A Woman’s Place, [c[1974-1982]. Single leaf, 8 ½ x 11 in. folded to 8 ½ x 3 ¼ in. Very good. Item #10315

Promotional pamphlet for A Woman’s Place, the feminist commune in the southern Adirondacks in Upstate New York.

Operating from 1974 to 1982 in Athol, New York, the commune was founded by eight women and their children. The commune was a popular spot for women visitors and weekenders from New York and Boston, who came for workshops and retreats. Topics of programs advertised on this pamphlet include music, crafts, sexuality, lesbian women and children, massage, and women and madness.

Despite raising money from visitors and funders such as the Family and Women’s Advocacy Service of Schenectady, the commune was unable to remain financially viable and closed in 1982.

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